11/01/2023
2022 was a gift of learning and transparency for many of us - a year that showed us a mirror of opportunity and choice. I’ve always tried to see the lessons that are being offered for me before the universe slaps me up the side of the head with a wet fish but like everyone there are things that need to be learnt the hard way occasionally. Hello 2022.
The most heartfelt lesson this year is in really appreciating the power of choice that we have in our hands. In every experience, every encounter, every emotion, there is a choice that gives us the power to define how we navigate life.
It’s not the same as control and in fact, I’ve learnt that it is in chasing control over situations and outcomes, that drives up stress and anxiety in so many of us - this is a major contributor to burnout, both of ourselves and how we contribute to that outcome for others. Something to muddle on and I don’t say it lightly, having experienced burnout for myself.
But I really think that we do ourselves no favours in not reaching into both the choices that we have in each moment and also in choosing to look into the mirrors that we are being gifted with. Sometimes the smallest choice (like choosing how we let something impact our confidence or emotions, or choosing not to attach a false story and meaning to something that happens) can have the most profound impact on which direction things go next.
There is wisdom to be found in observing how you are meeting choices.
Are you fighting for control, seeking harm or quiet resistance or are you meeting your choices in surrender, trust and curiosity. Do you even want to? It’s all in the mirror that events are holding up for you and all of these things are powerful to see and understand about ourselves.
So I’m wondering as we walk into this magnificent new calendar year… what could we create if our deepest and most sincere intention for 2023 is to embrace the choices available to us?
